PHS to send several entries to state tennis

May 3, 2014

Staff report
LOVINGTON — Portales High’s tennis teams qualified two singles entries and two doubles teams on Friday for Class 1A-3A state individual competition next week in Albuquerque, while the Lady Rams earned a team berth on Saturday after reaching the finals of the District 3 tournament.

Junior Austin Lucero will represent the PHS boys after finishing third in District 3 singles competition on Friday. He beat Lovington’s Cameron Insulan 6-2, 6-4, lost to Juan Felix of New Mexico Military 6-3, 6-0 and downed Christian Crawford of Lovington 6-2, 6-3 in the third-place match.

The girls, meantime, qualified senior Jessie Priviett second in singles. She won over Angel Garon of Ruidoso 6-0 and Samantha Ikard of NMMI 6-0, 6-3 before losing to NMMI’s Megan Lynch 6-1, 6-0 in the finals.

The doubles teams of Samantha Lopez/Belle Youngerwolf and McKenzie Bucksath/Hannah Evans were second and third on Friday.